Stumbling Stones Meister-Gerhard-Straße 29

These memorial stones (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorate:
Betty Israel (born 1890, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)
Hermann Kahn (born 1888, murdered in Riga)
Klara Kahn (born 1881, murdered in Riga)
Edith Kamp (born 1918, faith unknown)
Amalie Kranz (born 1883, murdered in Riga)
Bernhard Kranz (born 1881, murdered in Riga)
Therese Leiser (born 1898, murdered in Chelmno in September 1942)
Hildegard Schallenberg (born 1901, murdered in Chelmno in May 1942)

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

For more information and pictures, please visit Stolpersteine in Cologne (in German).

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Johan Tjallingii